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Defining The Everyday Relationships In Life<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Uncommon Relationships: Experiencing the Seven Levels of Relationships – Part 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Over the last couple years, it’s become increasingly important to make sure our family focuses on the importance of relationships. At the end of the day this is all that matters. So we’ll address issues we have in relationships, how <\/span>my main people<\/span><\/a> deal with it, and how we place priority on relationships going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, to get started we need to understand something; what are the important relationships? Are some relationships more important than others? If this is so that means relationships can be ranked, valued, and even evaluated. <\/span><\/p>\n

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“Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, \u201cI am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,\u201d that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, \u201cI am not part of the body because I am not an eye,\u201d would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part!” – bible.com\/bible\/116\/1CO.12.14-19.NLT<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Thought or Concept:
\n<\/span>One day Tamia was giving us an update on her day and she alluded to her friends. When I asked for their names, she included a cousin. In normal, Kerry A. Clark fashion, I responded, wait a minute. Your cousin isn’t your friend; she’s your cousin. As she appeared a little puzzled that I would say such a thing, it was clear to me that we needed to define the relationship categories. Is my cousin my friend? Who all then qualifies to be my friend? Relationship categories? Relationships have categories?<\/span><\/p>\n

And here’s where it gets tricky. How many relationship categories can you name? Hmmm. Could it be that this is not something we’ve categorized and defined? Could this be a reason why we have relationship issues? If you don’t understand the categories, it’s possible to place someone in the wrong relationship category and it’s also possible to blur the lines. I’m in no way implying that what I’m about to map out is law. However, you need to know that because your life is your business, you must take the time to define the rules of how your business, your life, your family operates in the confines of its relationships. Otherwise you leave it up to someone who cares little to nothing about your life, your business, your family to define it for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Practice:
\n<\/span>Over the course of the next few installments, we will go into depth of the seven levels of relationships. The relationship levels are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n